From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D08EC158042 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:52:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E5CA2E07F1; Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:52:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 629E3E07D0 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:52:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mertle.michael.orlitzky.com (c-73-172-44-92.hsd1.md.comcast.net [73.172.44.92]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 534FB343083 for ; Thu, 31 Oct 2024 02:52:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mertle.michael.orlitzky.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 13E8312C0DC8; Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:00:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:00:07 -0400 From: Michael Orlitzky To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/5] zig-toolchain.eclass: new eclass Message-ID: References: <20241024014626.31175-1-bratishkaerik@landless-city.net> <20241024014626.31175-2-bratishkaerik@landless-city.net> <50d80d13-1e8b-4865-9f4e-0c677ba3d49b@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <50d80d13-1e8b-4865-9f4e-0c677ba3d49b@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: 12e9799d-0b7b-41e5-804e-f1f231fe0182 X-Archives-Hash: 43da9cc910f8bae516407ca1cd53cac7 On 2024-10-24 10:50:55, Florian Schmaus wrote: > On 24/10/2024 09.38, Matt Jolly wrote: > > Is anyone actually using an 80-column display in 2024? Could we look > > at relaxing this to something more sane / modern like 120? Are there > > any accessibility concerns, etc.? > > In present days, its not about the width of the used terminal/display. > > As ulm wrote, limiting the text width to something below 80 chars is > supposed to help with readability. I find this to be true, especially > for monospaced text. (For code, I usually prefer a non-strict 100-120 > column limit.) This isn't just a hand-wavy "it's probably true" sort of thing, it's an established fact in typography and print design. But to answer the original question, yes, there are still plenty of 4:3 monitors attached to machines with no framebuffer console and it's nice to have the letters be big enough to read.